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Turtle Tagging In Gales Point Manatee
The hawksbill turtle is a protected species in Belize - and - as that status denotes - its numbers in the wild are in decline - and it is endangered throughout the Caribbean. But in the Gales Point...
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A Guatemalan Is Shot And Killed In The Chiquibul
Tonight, there is a significant setback to what has been called a revisiting of confidence-building measures between Belize and Guatemala. News Five has been able to confirm that a high-level meeting...
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City Hall Remains In Arrears To Sanitation Company
Darrell BradleyAs we told you, last year the Mayor narrowly dodged contempt proceedings which might have landed him behind bars. He and Belize Waste Control were able to reach a settlement on a...
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Attorney For Belize Waste Control Says Mayor Darrell Bradley Is “Mal Pago”
Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley was back in court today representing himself and once again he seems to be heading down the rocky road leading to his possible incarceration. The Mayor dodged that...
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Mytheon – Big Business And Big Money – Is It Owned By Minister John Saldivar
It is not unheard of for ministers of government to be involved in personal businesses which benefit from their offices and positions. It is certainly not unusual. It is unethical, though, and there...
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Citco Owes Belize Maintenance Limited Approximately $3.5 Million
Darrell BradleyMayor Darrell Bradley – it’s probably a good thing he’s an attorney and can represent himself in court because he’s there a lot. As News Five told you on Tuesday, the Mayor goes back to...
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B.t.i.a. Threatens Court Action For Faulty Eia Done For Ncl Project
The Norwegian Cruise Lines tourism project ran into stiff opposition from the get go from stakeholders in the south who support pocket tourism as opposed to mass tourism. The controversial project by...
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Karen Bevans Replaces Laura Esquivel-Frampton At The B.t.b.
Karen BevansBut back to Karen Bevans….The former Chief Operations Officer of B.T.L. resigned from the telephone company on February seventh. Last Thursday was her last day at B.T.L., and this coming...
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Opposition Says Appointment Of Anwar Barrow As Chairman Of Executive...
Karen BevansOn Tuesday, we reported on a series of major management changes at the top of the government controlled Belize Telemedia Limited on the heels of the departure of Karen Bevans as Chief...
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Satiim’S Attorney Calls On U.s. Capital To Denounce Disparaging Remarks Made...
Michael PeyrefitteA week ago, while awaiting judgment in the suit brought against government and U.S. Capital by SATIIM, attorney Michael Peyrefitte candidly told the media that the argument between...
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Major Court Ruling In Favor Of Satiim, But Oil Company Says It Will Continue...
Representatives of Maya communities poured into the courtroom of Justice Michele Arana this morning where the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, SATIIM, was awaiting a decision in its...
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Mytheon Solutions Under Scrutiny; Millions In Revenues?
Tonight there is much scrutiny of a company called Mytheon Solutions, registered in Belmopan in 2009. The family operated business deals in phone credit. In this case, at least, the dots have been easy...
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2 Students From The Escuela Mexico Drown In The Macal River
A field trip ended tragically this afternoon; two students from Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico in the Corozal District have drowned in the Macal River. The body of Edgar Pook was the first to be...
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Escuela Mexico Students Who Drowned In Macal River Are Laid To Rest
Edgar PuckThis weekend, two families in the Corozal District laid their loved ones to rest after a tragic accident on Friday. Fifteen year old Anahi Zepeda and sixteen year old Edgar Puck were on a...
View ArticleCrocodile Kills A Man In Lord’S Bank
A crocodile reportedly killed a Lord’s Bank resident this afternoon. Police are processing the scene and not providing details at this time, but sources tell us the grisly death occurred at Green’s...
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$29 Million In Marijuana Goes Up In Flames By The B.d.f. And U.s. Forces
Twenty-nine million dollars….that’s the value of marijuana that went up in smoke last month. While the destruction of the marijuana happened since then, it is only now that it is being reported. The...
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Benque Man Is Mauled By A Crocodile; Search Party Combs The Area For The Reptile
Carl Diaz Sr.More details are available tonight on how a crocodile mauled a resident at a pond at Green Estates in the Lord’s Bank area on Monday afternoon. It is a rare occurrence—the only other...
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Ncl Executives Comment On Eia For Multimillion Dollar Tourism Project
The top executives of the Norwegian Cruise Lines were in the Jewel today and invited the media to a tour of one of its two ships that called on port. It was sort of a PR Tour organized through the...
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B.n.e. Gifted Building Is Destroyed Even Before It Is Handed Over
Band Fest 2014 has been moved to the Santiago Ricalde Stadium in Corozal Town. The decision was made on Monday, less than a week before the event. The original venue was to have been the People’s...
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Court Grants Judicial Review Of The Decision To Reject Signatures In Recall...
Lisa ShomanWhile the political gods continue to throw a shroud of protection around former Minister of State Elvin Penner, the fates seem to be conspiring against him. Today, leave for judicial review...
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